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| 1924 | Chamonix, France | Undersecretary Gaston Vidal | 6 | 9 | 25 January – 5 February 1924 | 16 | Norway (NOR) |
| 1928 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | President Edmund Schulthess | 4 | 8 | 11–19 February 1928 | 14 | Norway (NOR) |
| 1932 | Lake Placid, United States | Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt | 4 | 7 | 4–15 February 1932 | 14 | United States (USA) |
| 1936 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Führer Adolf Hitler | 4 | 8 | 6–16 February 1936 | 17 | Norway (NOR) |
| | Awarded to Sapporo, Japan; cancelled because of World War II | | | | | |
| | Awarded to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; cancelled because of World War II | | | | | |
| 1948 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | President Enrico Celio | 4 | 9 | 30 January – 8 February 1948 | 22 | Norway (NOR)
Sweden (SWE) |
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| 1952 | Oslo, Norway | Princess Ragnhild | 4 | 8 | 14–25 February 1952 | 22 | Norway (NOR) |
| 1956 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | President Giovanni Gronchi | 4 | 8 | 26 January – 5 February 1956 | 24 | Soviet Union (URS) |
| 1960 | Squaw Valley, United States | Vice President Richard Nixon | 4 | 8 | 18–28 February 1960 | 27 | Soviet Union (URS) |
| 1964 | Innsbruck, Austria | President Adolf Schärf | 6 | 10 | 29 January – 9 February 1964 | 34 | Soviet Union (URS) |
| 1968 | Grenoble, France | President Charles de Gaulle | 6 | 10 | 6–18 February 1968 | 35 | Norway (NOR) |
| 1972 | Sapporo, Japan | Emperor Hirohito | 6 | 10 | 3–13 February 1972 | 35 | Soviet Union (URS) |
| 1976 | Innsbruck, Austria | President Rudolf Kirchschläger | 6 | 10 | 4–15 February 1976 | 37 | Soviet Union (URS) |
| 1980 | Lake Placid, United States | Vice President Walter Mondale | 6 | 10 | 13–24 February 1980 | 38 | Soviet Union (URS) |
| 1984 | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia | President Mika Špiljak | 6 | 10 | 8–19 February 1984 | 39 | East Germany (GDR) |
| 1988 | Calgary, Canada | Governor General Jeanne Sauvé | 6 | 10 | 13–28 February 1988 | 46 | Soviet Union (URS) |
| 1992 | Albertville, France | President François Mitterrand | 6 | 12 | 8–23 February 1992 | 57 | Germany (GER) |
| 1994 | Lillehammer, Norway | King Harald V | 6 | 12 | 12–27 February 1994 | 61 | Russia (RUS) |
| 1998 | Nagano, Japan | Emperor Akihito | 7 | 14 | 7–22 February 1998 | 68 | Germany (GER) |
| 2002 | Salt Lake City, United States | President George W. Bush | 7 | 15 | 8–24 February 2002 | 78 | Norway (NOR) |
| 2006 | Turin, Italy | President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | 7 | 15 | 10–26 February 2006 | 84 | Germany (GER) |
| 2010 | Vancouver, Canada | Governor General Michaëlle Jean | 7 | 15 | 12–28 February 2010 | 86 | Canada (CAN) |
| 2014 | Sochi, Russia | President Vladimir Putin | 7 | 15 | 7–23 February 2014 | 98 | Russia (RUS) |
| 2018 | Pyeongchang, South Korea | President Moon Jae-in | 7 | 15 | 9–25 February 2018 | 102 | Norway (NOR) |
| 2022 | Beijing, China | President Xi Jinping (expected) | TBA | TBA | 4–20 February 2022 | 109 | TBA |
| 2026 | Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | President of Italy (expected) | TBA | TBA | 6–22 February 2026 | TBA | TBA |
| 2030 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
